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IRISH GORSE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
Synonyms:
furze; gorse; Irish gorse; Ulex europaeus; whin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Irish gorse" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Irish gorse" is a member of...):
genus Ulex; Ulex (genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse)